Meet the Journalist: Sim Chi Yin Sim Chi Yin, a Beijing-based photographer and a member of the VII photo agency, discusses her project on the one million migrant workers who live beneath Beijing's skyscrapers and residential blocks. Dubbed the "Rat Tribe," these low-wage workers make their home in windowless basement cubicles. See Chi Yin and Ian Johnson's reporting here: http://pulitzercenter.org/project/asia-china-beijing-rat-tribe-migrant-workers-poverty-service-poor-housingAuthor(s): No creator set

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The Story of Wakefield A basic skills learning resource booklet with interactive activities designed to introduce the Wakefield Museum.Author(s): Davis, Samantha,Leeds Metropolitan University

Seventeen Moments in Soviet History Begins with the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917 & ends with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It includes the Kronstadt uprising (1921), the death of Lenin (1924), the liquidation of the Kulaks as a class (1929), the year of the Stakhanovite (1936), the end of rationing (1947), the virgin lands campaign (1954), Khrushchev's secret speech (1956), the first cosmonaut (1961), the intervention in Czechoslovakia (1968), & Chernobyl (1986). (NEH)Author(s): No creator set

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Bis2A 6.1 Red/Ox in metabolism,Mitch Singer
In this module we will review Red/Ox reactions and relate them to metabolic process. We will introduce the electron tower, a tool to be used to understand red/ox half reactions and the energy […]Author(s): No creator set

Radio Lingua News – 24 Dec 2012 This is a short message from Radio Lingua to update you on developments and to send all of our listeners our warmest wishes for the festive season. First of all, we’ve been extremely busy assembling the various parts of the Coffee Break German course. Coffee Break German will be aimed at complete beginners in the […]Author(s): radiolingua

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3 Facts - Ancient Olympic Boxing Boxing was first accepted as an Olympic sport in 688 BC, being called Pygme or Pygmachia. Participants trained on punching bags (called a korykos). Fighters wore leather straps (called himantes) over their hands, wrists, and sometimes breast, to protect them from injury. The straps left their fingers free. Legend had it that the Spartans were the first to box as a way to prepare for sword and shield fighting. According to Philostratos, the good boxer should have long and powerful arms, strong shAuthor(s): No creator set

A Stress Test Of The Welfare State [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Tito Boeri | Editor's note: We apologise for the poor quality of this audio recording. How did the welfare state in Europe cope with the Great Recession and the Eurozone crisis? While a lot of attention has been devoted to (home-made) stress tests of the banking sector, no attempt has been made to date to evaluate the performance of social tax and transfer systems to reduce poverty during the crisis. This talk will address this issue, making reference, in particular, to theAuthor(s): No creator set

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NetBeans NetBeans is an open source project that develops the NetBeans IDE, the cross platform, fully-featured, integrated development environment for Java Developers and the NetBeans Platform, the widely adopted infrastructure backplane for complex desktop applications. The software works in conjunction with the Java Development Kit which is freely available from Sun Microsystems and also included with a version of the NetBeans software.

LSE Night of Ideas | Session 1 | Democracy Now, Opening Dialogue [Audio] Speaker(s): Sylvain Bourmeau and Jonathan Fenby | Hosted by the London School of Economics and Political Science as part of a worldwide series of events coordinated by the Institut français, the Night of Ideas will bring together leading researchers from France, the UK and Europe to discuss changing ideas of democracy, citizenship, and truth. What conceptual frameworks can we apply to understand “post-truth politics”? What light can an exercise in comparison shed on the questions that have Author(s): No creator set

Polar Bear Resting and Sleeping This short video gives excellent real life footage of a large polar bear in its natural habitat resting and sleeping. Students will enjoy the close up view of the polar bear. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (Less Than 2 Minutes)Author(s): No creator set

Systems Of Equations With Fractions - Using Substitution In this video lesson, students learn to solve systems of linear equations that involve fractions. Students also learn to solve linear systems of equations by the method of their choice using the following rules: if one of the variables cancels out when the equations are added together, then use addition, and if a variable is already isolated in one of the equations, then use substitution.
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3D tornado lets you step into the eye of a storm Full story: http://bit.ly/1BnJXLu
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Origins of Slavery in America n 1619, the Dutch introduced the first captured Africans to America,
planting the seeds of a slavery system. About 20 years later slavery became legal. This video is a nice overview of how slavery became part of America's life style. It does not tell about slavery in other countries. The video should be reviewed first due to images. (03:01)Author(s): No creator set